Low sugar diet help needed

[kwitcherkicken99]

So I got a call today from my doctor saying my blood sugar is high so she is starting me on a medicine called glycosine (sp??), basically a pill for on-set diabetes. (we're doing a second test just to be sure)

I thought I ate decent (shredded wheat for breakfast, salad for lunch, some form of protein, veggie, and starch for dinner and I drink 2 cups of coffee/day and the rest is water.

That being said, has anyone had experience dining at WDW on a lower sugar (not diabetic) diet?

We are on DDP and have ADRs at Chef Mickey's (dinner), Akershus (lunch), Coral Reef, Boma, Le Cellier, Hollywood and Vine (breakfast), and T-Rex. I know most of the restaurants have sugar free desserts for DDP (I'm still going to try a zebra dome and the mousse at LC...).

I'm a little stressed out about this whole deal. This trip was the first time I was really ever going to be able to eat at the World out of 12+ trips (we were always on a budget, mostly ate in our room and 1 TS meal/trip and that was always Biergarten).

Any ideas?

Thanks all!

 

[Sadie22]

Assuming your diagnosis is prediabetes or glucose intolerance, or even if you are found to have type 2 (adult onset) diabetes, you are looking at balancing your carbohydrate intake throughout the day, and depending on the portion sizes you have been eating, you may feel better with smaller portions. Your carbohydrates will preferably be whole foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fewer refined carbs like cake with frosting. You can still fit treats into your overall plan and with all the exercise you hopefully will get at Disney, you may be able to splurge more than at home.

I was diagnosed with prediabetes several years ago, and now with type 2 diabetes. I'm still overweight, still don't exercise enough, and I used to not eat as well as I should. I would be on the long drive to my parents' home and I would get a burger, fries, and cola, and then a while later feel very sleepy. I thought I was going to have to give up driving. Through diabetes education I found out how many grams of carbs were in that meal, and that the sleepiness was the effect of all that hitting my bloodstream, raising my blood glucose level, and then the resulting crash of low blood glucose afterward.

I do not drink colas anymore, and I know I can have a burger and salad, but the fries should be rare because a bun and fries together is too many carbs for me. And through self-testing I have learned that fries in particular raise my blood glucose level higher than other carbs.

Many of the "sugar-free" foods have something else added -- more fat, or sugar alcohols which can cause diarrhea or other intestinal symptoms and may even raise the blood glucose level just as much as the "regular" food. You won't know the effect until you eat some and feel sick afterward or you eat some and test your blood glucose reading. Although I enjoy a diet root beer or diet cola occasionally, I do not seek out "sugar-free" foods.

You may have been eating a good diet already. You may have been on the borderline for a while and natural aging had its effect. Not all diabetics eat poorly or are overweight. People who eat poorly, are overweight and don't exercise are at increased risk of developing problems, though.

Attending training with a certified diabetes educator and a nutritionist, paid for by my health insurance, was one of the best things I have ever done. I wish I had known about and had had the education when I was first diagnosed with prediabetes. I learned about a healthy diet including my favorite foods, how many calories I should be eating, how many grams of carbs, protein and fats, how often to eat (for me, three meals and three snacks), the importance of drinking enough water, the effect of exercise, and how and when to test my blood glucose. I have been able to get my hemoglobin A1C (average blood glucose for the previous three months) down to my target level and keep it there.

If you can have diabetes education now it will pay off for you, too. There is a lot of literature out about diabetes. Some is written for type 1 and some for type 2, and it's not always easy to figure out which is being discussed. There have been many changes in recommendations in recent years due to more recent research. Some doctors do not even know diabetes education exists, so you may have to ask around, but it's worth it.